Luch beside ABS-3A
A satellite of Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii came up beside a satellite of ABS Global Satellite Ltd., as its sources state.
Reported: 1 public report other than Orbinauts names these two.
From the public record
- From
- November 2020
- to February 2021
- Orbit
- GEO
- geostationary orbit, over 3.0° W
The one that moved
Luch
Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, RU
40258 · 2014-058A · launched Sep 27, 2014
What the sources state
Every day and distance here is the sources’ own, to the precision they state.
- When
- November 2020 to February 2021
- BesideNov 6, 2020 to Nov 7, 2020
- 7 Nov to 31 Dec 2020 and on; ABS-3A nearest 7 to 21 Nov and 7 to 31 Dec
- LeftFebruary 2021
- Langbroek: left in the second week of February 2021
The detector was not yet running: it reads low Earth orbit since April 2026 and the geostationary belt since October 2026.
Reported elsewhere
Who else said these two were together, earliest first.
| Said on | Who | What |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2022 | Institute | Thomas G. Roberts, CSIS data repository, Luch (Olymp-K) |